On June 5, 1642, the expedition fleet of the Republic of China on the east coast of China, led by Captain Li Yi, quietly appeared off the coast of Jaksan Bay, Hamgyong Province, North Korea, and then the east coast army consisting of 200 warriors of the Eight Banners and 100 sailors suddenly landed on the coast between Hung Buri and Hongyi-ri, and the local Korean officials and civilians did not know about the invaders who suddenly appeared on their territory.

After the landing, the East Bank troops did not divide their forces, but gathered together and attacked all the Korean villages they came across, plundering food, livestock, and people. The unprepared North Koreans were simply unable to resist, and the few mobilized North Korean troops collapsed on the spot under the volley of muskets. The birds they used were no match for the 32-C flintlock rifles of the East Coasters, and instead of rescuing the local population, the hurried North Korean troops folded themselves in.

On 7 June, the East Bank Army, which had been raging in the area for nearly two days, swaggered and drove a small amount of looted livestock, food, and about 300 North Korean men and women toward the coast, while the local North Korean government never sent any effective troops to clean up the situation. Maybe the Manchus held back a large number of their troops, maybe they had a poor ability to mobilize, maybe they didn't pay attention to this matter at all, in short, they let the people on the east coast calmly retreat with the spoils of war.

On 10 June, the expedition fleet on the east coast arrived at the line of Sannautical Li and Fujuli south of Luojin Bay, and went ashore to plunder, breaking through several villages at a slight cost of killing one person and wounding three, plundering more than 200 Dingkou, gold, silver, grain, and livestock.

On June 12, the Chopper appeared alone off the coast of Gyongseong (the Breaking Wave returned to the port of Blackwater to deliver the loot) and sank three North Korean boats. Captured sailors dozens. There was a major earthquake in the local North Korean government.

June 14th. The expedition ship "Chopper", which had been hovering in this sea area, suddenly broke into the port of Hungnam in North Korea and bombarded the enemy city. The local North Korean soldiers and civilians were plunged into chaos, and 300 soldiers from the east coast took advantage of the chaos to land ashore, captured nearly 100 North Korean fishermen and wharf workers, and looted a large amount of furs, herbs, grain, salt, and other goods stored by North Korean merchants on the wharf.

On 15 June, the "Chobo", which headed south overnight, raided Wonsanjin, North Korea, intercepted a North Korean fishing boat and shelled its town. Local North Korean officials offered large quantities of gold and silver, livestock, grain, and dozens of boys and girls. The ships of the East Coast men left the harbor at this time.

On 18 June, the returning "Chopbo" and the revisiting "Breaking Waves" converged at the mouth of the Tumen River, and then the two ships went up the river and successively broke through a number of Korean villages and towns, capturing a large number of Dingkou and property. If it weren't for the lack of water depth in the upper river channel and the fact that a Korean army of thousands of people would have rushed over quickly, Li Yi and the others would have to take people to continue plundering here for a few more days.

From June 5 to today, 300 East Coast soldiers are almost uninhabited in the coastal area of Hamgyong Province, North Korea. In this two-week continuous combat operation, the people on the east bank defeated a total of four Korean armies, large and small, of which the largest group was about 6 or 700 men, and the smallest group was only about 200 men. A total of more than 300 Korean soldiers and about 800 men and women were captured. However, his own casualties were only more than twenty or thirty people, and the results of the battle were brilliant. Besides. They also seized a DPRK fishing boat of about 100 tons, as well as more than 200,000 catties of grain, more than 80 pigs and sheep, and a large amount of fur, gold, silver, medicinal materials, and other valuables.

Since the cancellation of privateer operations in the Caribbean a few years ago, this is the first organized piracy robbery in recent years by the maritime forces of the Republic of the East Coast, and the harvest is naturally extremely rich. At the same time, they also saw clearly the extremely weak military strength and local mobilization and organization ability of the Korean Yi Dynasty, and those Korean troops with poor equipment and low morale were no different from two-legged sheep in the eyes of the people on the east coast, and even the samurai of the Eight Banners who belonged to the servant army in the army on the east bank could easily destroy them. It can be said that if these North Koreans do not take any improvement measures, their coastal areas will continue to be as humiliating as they are today.

On June 21, the battered East Coast expedition fleet anchored in the port of Blackwater. Under the leadership of Mo Dayong, the warriors of the Eight Banners in the port are driving hundreds of North Korean men and women to work hard to build the entire port town, some of them are cutting and processing wood, some are leveling the land and filling in the swamps, and some are building wooden houses, wharves and trestle bridges, and the whole town is in full swing.

Looking at the North Korean prisoners who were soaked in the cold sea water to build a pier trestle, Ensign An was still a little emotional and unbearable, but Captain Li Yi turned a blind eye. What cruel things were not done when the Xhosa and Malays were oppressed, and what was it to drive the people to do some work? Besides, the people of the East Coast did not force them to die, they prepared a considerable number of men, and after each group of men had been in the sea for half an hour, they would be allowed to go ashore, and then the East Coasters would give them a set of thick, warm eiderdown coats, and a bottle of liquor to ward off the cold. Moreover, their families are able to eat all day long.

"Hey, who are these people?" Li Yi suddenly stood on his feet, and pointed to some men who were short in stature, but strong and sturdy, and dressed as natives in the crowd of Eight Banner overseers.

"Sir, they are the natives who live nearby, and they should be the Hezhe people as you often call them." Mo Dayong, who had already seen Li Yi get off the boat, ran over in a smoke, and immediately replied loudly after hearing Li Yi's question.

"What are they doing here?" Li Yi untied the saber from his waist, casually threw it to the adjutant Sergeant Johnson who followed him, and then found a tree stump and sat down.

"They came shortly after you led the team some time ago." Mo Dayong carefully took out a bag of Virginia tobacco, then lit Li Yi's pipe, and continued: "At that time, there were only a few guys dressed as hunters, and they seemed to be surprised by our presence, but they didn't have much hostility. I obeyed your commands, and did not act harshly with them, but maintained a good relationship with them for the time being. No, I traded with them some eiderdown coats, spirits, refined salt, sugar, and metal knives from the warehouse, and they were very happy, and gave us lots of skins, which were piled up on the table behind you. ”

Li Yi turned his head to look at it when he heard this, and then exclaimed in surprise: "Good guy! Bearskin! It's in such good condition! This is... Moose leather? There are also otters, minks, fox skins, and haluha, all of which are good goods! Grandma is a bear, bring it back to the country to make a mink squirrel shoulder for Samantha, and make a set of fox fur scarf for Sylvia, then all Lao Tzu's problems will be solved, ha, ha! After buying it, Lao Tzu still has the power to dispose of some loot. Johnson, bookkeeping, I don't take advantage of the public, I should give money! ”

"Dayong, you're doing a good job!" Li Yi patted Mo Dayong's shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "For the time being, our strength here is still relatively weak, so it is necessary to unite these natives. By the way, I see dozens of Hezhe people here, they were hired by you? ”

"Yes, I hired it at the 'high price' of five pounds of grain per person per day. They are all good hunters, very physical, hard-working, and tenacious, and I recruited 56 people to assist us in supervising the work of these North Koreans. Mo Dayong bared his yellow teeth and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm also on guard against them, only letting them still use their old weapons." But they look really simple and yearn for our products, and I think I can win them over to my advantage. ”

"Hmm." Li Yi was noncommittal, and only after taking a few puffs of cigarette did he say: "We should show them our strength appropriately, so that they can't resist the heart, and then give them some goods to show their support, so as to have the best effect." As for the number, it should not be too much, after all, our strength here is still very weak, and if they have a large number, it is easy to turn against the customer. Well, you have also attended the camp school of the South African garrison, and you have also learned some courses, so I won't say more, you can grasp the degree of this yourself. ”

Mo Dayong hurriedly said yes.

"There's another ship for you." Li Yi casually pointed to a fishing boat that was rocking on the sea not far away, and said: "The captured North Korean boats, the tonnage is about 100 tons, hard sailing boats, you can use them for fishing." Well, after we're gone, you'd better take the time to build a dock, so that you can drag the fishing boats into the dock when the harbor freezes in the winter, so as not to be damaged. ”

"Sir, you're leaving?" Mo Dayong asked. He knew his destiny for a long time, which was to stay here and build a port and a walled city to await the arrival of the next fleet of the Eastern Republic. If you have enough manpower and time, it is best to find a nearby coal mine and start preparing for mining. If he does this, then his performance can be called excellent. And with this evaluation, if someone recommends him, he has a high chance of obtaining the official nationality and military status of the East Coast Republic of China - this is a great honor for the children of the Eight Banners, and it is the driving force behind many people's lifelong struggles.

"I guess it's going to be soon!" Li Yi spat out a puff of smoke rings, squinted at the forest in the south, and said, "We may have to go to the Dabo area in the south to see if we can find the Japanese who often stay in that area." If possible, I would like to make a deal with the Japanese, and by the way, ask them to buy some Ainu slaves from Hokkaido, and hire some Japanese samurai as mercenaries to bolster the defense of the port of Blackwater. (To be continued......)